Southern Flavours
Day 01 DUBROVNIK arrival
Arrival and check in at the hotel. Three course welcome dinner will be served in the hotel restaurant. Overnight.
Day 02 DUBROVNIK & KONAVLE Gourmet Tour
Breakfast at the hotel. Morning visit of the ancient medieval town of Dubrovnik including the
Rector’s Palace, Franciscan Monastery & the cathedral. This ancient city included in
UNESCO World Heritage Site list is a remarkably well-preserved example of a late-medieval walled city, with a regular street layout, architectural and cultural masterpieces carefully preserved for centuries, an enchanting beauty nowhere to be found but in Dubrovnik. A short break with refreshment and
tasting of traditional sweets and candies such as
arancini (candied orange peel),
caramelized almonds and
dried figs produced in boutique shop according to the old recipes. Lunch in a local restaurant where local delicacies such as
Dubrovnik green manestra (cabbage and smoked meat stew) or
marinated tuna fish prepared in the old Dubrovnik style. After lunch,
excursion to Konavle, a region with particular natural beauties and contrasts: mountain and valley, green hills and naked stone. The preserved natural, unique and exceptionally precious
rural architecture, numerous monuments and traditions centuries old have been kept through the
local folklore and traditional costumes. Harmony of man with nature can be seen every step of the way. Lunch prepared of
homemade products will be served in a traditional local restaurant. Naturally, a good meal asks for a good wine. Konavle, counting also its wine-growing district to its landmarks, has an appropriate production of quality and
autochthonous wines. Next to the internationally known types of wine such as Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon also numerous local and autochthonous types are cultivated, such as
Plavac Mali, Kadarun, Dalmatinka and others. Among them, the indigenous type of the
Dubrovnik Malvasia Blanc takes a special place. It has been almost completely destroyed, and great importance was placed on its preservation and renewal. Overnight in Dubrovnik area.
Day 03 DUBROVNIK – PELJESAC WINE TOUR
Breakfast at the hotel. The tour through the lovely Dubrovnik coastline will lead us to the village of
Ston on
Pelješac peninsula. Ston was a major fort of the Ragusan Republic whose defensive walls were regarded as a notable feat of medieval architecture. The town's inner wall measures 890 meters in length, while the
Great Wall outside the town has a circumference of 5 km. The walls extend to Mali Ston (Little Ston), a smaller town on the northern side of the Pelješac isthmus and the end of the
Bay of Mali Ston, notable for its
maritime culture. Lunch will be organized in one of the local restaurant famous for its seafood menus which include local oysters
and mussels. After lunch our wine tour through the Peljesac peninsula begins, a region that was cultivated as far back as the prehistoric and ancient times. One of Peljesac most famous wine sort is
Dingač, the wine with excellent quality which represents the very top of the Croatian red wine offer. South stone slopes of Dingač site on Pelješac peninsula are home to the indigenous grape sort
Plavac Mali, that grows here with top quality. Landscape is characterized by marked sunlight and glows from vast areas of sea, supplemented with ideal climate that gives Plavac Mali its exceptional characteristics. This is a high quality wine, completely ecological healthy product. Area under Dingač is strictly controlled, and grapes are picked manually. The wine is of dark ruby color and excels in fullness of taste, lightly sour and yet harmonious taste, that resides long time in the mouth.
Postup, another famous wine sort is located on the south side of Pelješac, not far from Dingač, between Mokalo and Trstenik, gives more in quality than it takes in quantity of sun nurtured grapes of Plavac Mali. Return to Dubrovnik where a farewell dinner will be served. Overnight.
Day 04 DUBROVNIK departure
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the Dubrovnik airport for departure.